Awesome Surprise at Victoria Secret

So for anyone that shopped at Victoria Secret over the past 30 days or so you received one or more of their "Secret" Gift cards - nifty name huh? lol Anyway these fabulous little cards came with every purchase and had either $10, $50, or $500 on them - of course I received 5 and wasn't lucky enough to score any that were for $50 or $500, but by shopping smartly I was able to get a fabulous deal!

Last year when I was pregnant I went into VS because I had gotten a coupon and they were having a sale - so while I was there I ended up looking at all of their lotions, body washes, and sprays since I wasn't feeling very attractive and it was already 98 degrees outside. Hehehe So I stumbled across this really cute new collection and fell in love with "Island Escape" - the name is PERFECT - it immediately reminded me of my honeymoon and being on the beaches in Antigua - overall its just a really nice beachy scent. Anyway they were doing a special on it so I bought several and gave a few in gift baskets to my wonderful friends that threw my baby shower. Since I like to vary the body sprays that I use I just recently got to the really low part of my last bottle and I figured I would have to go find something else to replace it like their new "Pink Aloha" collection - (fabulous by the way.)

So getting to the good part of this blog I decided to make a quick run by VS to use my gift cards today - prepared to buy about 3 bottles of Pink Aloha ($15 each) so I'd end up spending at least $15 - not a bad deal for getting $45 worth of products. To my surprise though they had the entire collection that I loved from last year on sale for 75% off!!

Here is what I ended up with - along with a breakdown. ;)

(6) Shower Gels - 4 Girl's Night Out and 2 Good Day Sunshine
Regular Price $10 each ($60)
Sale Price $2.50 each ($15)

(2) Smoothing Body Scrubs in Island Escape
Regular Price $12 ($24)
Sale Price $3 ($6)

(4) Body Lotion in Island Escape
Regular Price $10 ($40)
Sale Price $2.50 ($10)

(4) Body Spray in Island Escape
Regular Price $12 ($48)
Sale Price $3 ($12)

Grand total should have been $185.76  (we have 8% sales tax here)

Total with sale including tax- $46.44

I had 5 gifts card for $10 off, but I used one on the new Body by Victoria Multi Way Bra (Amazing by the way) so that left (4) $10 gift cards and  since you can't combine them I separated my purchase into 4 transactions - 4 lotions, 4 shower gels, 4 body sprays, & 2 shower gels with 2 smoothing body scrubs

So once you take away the $40 in gift cards I spent a total of $6.44 including tax on products that retailed for $185.76 which breaks down to about .40 cents per product!!

Keep in mind I did have to spend money to get these $10 gift cards, but I waited until they were doing a special online where you got 2 gift cards per purchase and I was actually in need of new bras anyway so getting the gift cards was simply a bonus to a purchase I would be making anyway in the near future.

Crazy sales like this can be a great addition to any stockpile - especially when you find a scent you really like. In addition this situation solidifies my statement that you should never pay retail price on anything unless you have to because there will always be a sale coming up!  ;)